>> maze. >> yes. >> maze is the ancient word for corn. >> i'm sorry, i don't speak ancient, sorry. what is that? >> the corn-- corn that we have in america was considered maze by the native americans. >> right. >> so then we often use the theme it's a-mazing. our corn palace is amazing because it's decorated with the corn and the maze. and then we spell it with the maiz, rather than maze. >> i'm sorry, i'm not exactly following. >> it's a pun. >> anyway, corn is amazing. >> and this year's murr alls were designed by local avant-could be artist sherry ramsdale. >> corn art is a rather complex process. some of the artists i draw inspiration from are a couple of the master, obviously leonardo da vinci, michelangelo. >> her vision is then brought to life by professional corn hanger dan mcleod. >> i have been hanging corn on the corn palace for over ten years. >> and corn hanging isn't just an art, it's a science. >> when i'm going to try to explain is i think it's the science part of it. you've got to take, and it's a part of the art too. i mean it's all mixed together in one bunch. >>

however, traffic backed up behind the metering lights towards the macarthur maze.ael earlier accident marinwood out of lanes recovering. here's another look at drive times east shore freeway 101 through marin and in san jose. >>> thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >> you know what? don't forget to download our new alarm clock app for your iphone wake up to the bay area's latest headlines, weather and traffic, right on your phone. i don't know what to say i'm

the mazes are everywhere, passages opening up left and right. to write this book, house of rain, i walked a little bit over a thousand miles in legs from the four corners region from arizona, new mexico, colorado and california meet down to the chijuajua area of new mexico. there was one excavation along the way i remember out in the desert nears winslow, arizona. the desert out there is just a still life with a few landmarks on the horizon and this empty hole, the little colorado river desert, the painted desert, and we were working on a 500-room pueblo dating back to about 1400 ad. i just remember the wind just hailing down on us for days and you would be working down with trowels inside of a trench and if you stop for too long, the sand would start to fill up your hole again because it was blowing so much and everybody was turned away from the wind. so it looked like some kind of religious thing was going on here, all these people bowed to the ground for days and days tinkering with some unimaginable smallness in front of them while the wind

elsewhere 80 freeway by the golden gate fields, into the macarthur maze bunching up there but moving into the macarthur maze into the toll, metering lights on, traffic backed past the west grand overcrossing as you head into san francisco expect fog on the span, san mateo bridge beginning to bunch up towards foster city, 15 minute drive. >>> what is trending on twitter in the bay area: aaron rogers former cal star scored six up downs last night. windows 8 trending the last few minutes set to launch this week. new york short for new york time the paper has announced plans for new edition in brazil. follow us for latest news >>:21. top ceo sparking controversy after calling celebrities bags >> new video showing ç%?x?xpcs6$ú >>> good morning. visibility not great anywhere widespread low clouds and fog quarter mile visibility from santa rosa, novato and mountain view a mile and 3/4. airport delays of an hour and 19 minutes despite improved visibility there, three miles on the coast half mile concord going to take until after 8:00 more towards 9:00 when we see visibility improve in our ea

right now reports this is 80 northbound towards the macarthur maze, accident, i'm not seeing it, butll follow that northbound 880 at west 80 the rest of the maze looks like it is flowing smoothly into the bay bridge toll, to san jose, 280 north moving at the limit, light this morning, highway 17 over crossing north on 280 towards cupertino no problems 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. nice fog-free morning on the golden gate bridge, no delays out of the waldo tunnel towards san francisco. speaking of with the regatta today delays on the golden gate bridge, boats underneath. drive out of central valley towards altamont pass good drive, bunching up from tracy not bad past the altamont pass. >>> 6:19. >>> oprah's cable network is about to get a new type of program. >>> we'll tell you why the white house became the pink house. >> update to breaking news story in vallejo fire crews keeping a close eye on a house fire that went to three alarms this morning on the 100 block of el camino real the home is gutted. it nearby brush so that caused extra concern. crews will be on the scene longe

highway 1 out of santa rosa in novato and 80 carquinez bridge into the maze getting heavy.waze app shows bay bridge, a little heavy from 580 maze and you can see traffic spotter reporting that heavy traffic. to download this app it is free on your smartphone to avoid some of these problem areas. >>> 6:21. today on katie susan sarandon oscar winning actress and mother of three whose life and career have never been busier they talk about things they have in common, raising kids, growing old gracefully and susan's views on marriage. >> did you not believe in the institution of marriage? >> i believe in it for other people fit works for you that's fabulous. i don't know, i ash -- i was always hesitant this idea of locking it in. >> you will hear more on katie at 3 p.m. right here on abc7. >>> still ahead, how you can help the family of a fallen bay area officer. >>> setback on the dance floor. sudden accident sending one to the hospital over the weekend. >>> you can see heavier rain up still up in north bay more rain starting to fill in the bay all of us are going to get wet fo

elsewhere, let's take a look at macarthur maze.ryville and 80 flowing into the maze just fine. no problems at the metering lights are off. we have a tow truck on the scene, there is a stall blocking a lane at broadway-f you are in san francisco or coming in the city for a friday evening, critical mass will begin at 6:00 at justin hermann plaza. good idea to download this free abc7 waze app. it's free and it will navigate you around any traffic jam. here we go -- that is looking at embarcadero and bay bridge coming into san francisco. it is free did i mention that. check it out and use it and have fun. >> kristen: next, thieves targeting muni riders, warning from san francisco police going on today to everyone who rides muni. >> and earthquake rocks southern italy. panic and evacuations that follows. >>> welcome back. check out our picture from the roof cam. notice the difference between this morning and yesterday morning. it is dry. in fact it is clear and much cooler. 40s and 50s. so dress warmly. we have a warming trend on the fo

>>> it looks good, 80 westbound looks very nice heading out to the mcarthur maze with no major problemsalso the morning commute continues to look good if you are driving into san francisco. no major road delays into and out of the city. and if you are on downtown freeways, yesterday if you notice it is clear in san jose. 4:45, let's go to steve. >>> we have a little bit of a breeze, everything says sunny, mild to warm. we didn't have that yesterday. things are not as foggy yet. we'll see if some of that develops. 60s on the lows. it tells you it is pretty mild to warm and we are starting off very, very mild. a system is moving into the north, higher clouds look like they are disappearing. it will be sunny nice to warm. keeping an eye on that, see if it continues around 6:00 as it did yesterday when it was really thick. 60s and 70s and 80s, we will continue that especially on thursday. it looks to be the hottest day. coast, bay inland, it looks like things are turning around fast, it will be a big cooling trends into early next week, pam? >>> vice-president joseph biden is scheduled to a

however, you can see damage is done, major back-up through the maze. if you are coming from 80, 580, 880 all approaches are jammed. bart still an excellent alternative on time. san mateo bridge great alternative that is running on time. i shouldn't say on time, just looks like it is at the limit across the span maybe a little slowing not nearly as bad as the bay bridge. avoid the bay bridge if you can. huge delays there behind the toll, injury accident just cleared out of lanes. we are going to show you the waze app, 680 through san ramon valley has an accident before stone valley road, very slow there. just to get around all these jams download this free app at abc7news.com/waze. it is an excellent tool to avoid back-ups and get your alternates. >>> saw that shot of 80, really backed up. >> that is going to do it for now. during "good morning america" we'll have live updates to continue follow the jam up.

morning -- macarthur maze. if you're driving on northbound 280 in san jose, a nice drive but still plenty of puddles out there from the overnight rain. 4:46 let's go to steve. >>> some of the rain totals coming in, mike polanski keeps wonderful records in san francisco, had 1.11, that started in -- that includes up to about 1:00 a.m. this morning, so really decent for the first rain of the season. ground sucked it right up, though. you can tell because it's been so dry for so long but moisture continues to be funneled in here so another active day. the main line is moving south. the one that went over us about two, three hours ago just to the east of us in san jose. a lot of this looks to be lifting a little bit towards the north bay. so far more bark than bite but definitely shower activity today. 40s and 50s on the temps, 51 antioch, so everyone really close. the moisture continuing to be funneled in and the sierra nevada continues to stack up with the snow. in fact, it's been snowing for 24 hours so sun, clo

behind the metering lights you can see traffic is backing up on the bay bridge approach macarthur mazejammed. still with a stall westbound highrise dumbarton right lane, on the fremont side newark fremont side things pick up walnut creek area drive times headed out now 580 conjested, highway 4 westbound towards concord and east shore freeway under 25 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. i wanted to show you your abc7 waze app this is 237 to the south of the dumbarton, alternate if you wanted to avoid that slow traffic from towards menlo park from the newark side of things showing moderate traffic westbound 237, great alternate. great app to get around traffic jams in the morning or in the afternoon, free app you can download it on your smartphone. >>> what is trending on twitter here in the bay area: no surprise mostly related to the giants. hash tag world series. a --. >> 6:21. popularity premium. study that says your social ranking in high school is a predictor of your full wealth. >>> ballroom action continues on "dancing with the stars." the change that is taking pressure

bunching up 80 westbound towards macarthur maze, slow traffic no major stalls or accidents.traffic into the bay bridge toll, no metering lights starting to slow up. connector between 280 and 101 earlier two accidents now cleared. speeds picked up. both ramps open. south 101 before whipple injury accident fire on scene, police on scene, slow traffic approaching redwood city. south 880 near montague stalled big rig blocking a lane there, trying to get that to the right. for now expect a minimal delay south 880 in san jose. >>> 6:22. >>> red bull getting ready for expansion. >> personal letter from one of the greatest minds spanning two centuries getting ready to go on the auction block. >>> is heaven real? today katie couric talks to people who say their close encounters with death have brought them in contact >>> red bull is about to offer flavors. the energy company set to announce today it will introduce cranberry, lime and blueberry. the line of drinks will be called red bull an ds this march, analysts say it is a sign red bull is trying to play catch up with monster and r

at the maze quiet looking good towards the dublin interchange. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> >>> today a former santa clara county health administrator charged with 18 drug-related felonies will appear in court. dr. marvin bonham is accused of trading prescription drugs like oxycontin for cash and methamphetamines. prosecutors also say he wrote prescriptions for people with criminal drug histories. until last week, he worked as the medical director in the valley health plan. >>> investigators have trying to find the suspect who pulled off a brazen midday robbery in palo alto. police say this man entered the star 1 credit union just before 11:00 yesterday morning. he then quickly jumped over the teller counter and grabbed an unknown amount of cash from the drawers. at least one witness said the suspect was carrying a gun. he was last seen running eastbound on ventura avenue. >>> there's a very angry elmo walking the streets of san francisco at least a man dressed like elmo. his name is adam sandler not related to the actor. the colorful character has been

as you get to out mcarthur maze, there are no major problems, westbound bridge looks good and this is the only time when the bay bridge will be empty so you may want to take advantage. the morning commute looks good northbound 280 getting to highway 17, that traffic is off to a decent start. it is 4:36 let's go to steve. >>> cassie jean, that is over in grenada. she says, where is my son, where is my son, then she tweets me please turn up the heat. napa today 102 all the records were set in 1980. san 96. -- san francisco 96, livermore 68 degrees and that's their current tell to your. not anybody, san jose, travis, it is calm. that happens sometimes and once that happens you will have a hiv morning temperatures will be it, this will be it for a long and then the cooling begins wednesday and say on sunday we will be in the 60s. a magnitude earthquake hit california last night. it is 40 minutes east of downtown san diego. there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries but a magnitude 2.6 after shock hit about an hour and a half after. >>> a deadly boating collision in hong kong, at

afraid there goes your bay bridge commute this morning bumper-to-bumper now backed into the macarthur maze. elsewhere, roadwork still in lanes carquinez bridge eastbound 80 not affecting westbound. eastbound 83 lanes until 8:00 this morning. southbound 880 at high, stall reported in the right lane. i wanted to show you the abc 7 waze trafficman this is -- traffic map this is 880 oakland san leandro, bunching up. with all of the events happening not only in san francisco but elsewhere justin bieber oracle arena, cal and stan for games you want -- and stanford games. you want to download this app, abc7news.com/waze. it is a free app. >>> robin roberts getting ready to make a big step in her recovery. >>> going viral a's fan who jut can't contain his excitement about the team taking al west championship. >> good morning. former governor schwarzenegger is in the middle of a book tour he signed copies of his new memoir in minnesota hundreds lined up to meet the former governor and movie star. the book "total recall" details his journey from austria to his leer in hollywood and his infidelity. >

east shore freeway through berkeley into the macarthur maze starting to get busier we don't have problemst wet roads. northbound 880 oakland new accident past 7th in the right lane, unite find slowing there eastbound bay bridge past sky -- skyway at fourth, first reports of accident there blocking one lane. highway 12 update at red top that earlier "sig alert" cleared big rig out of lanes. right now here's some of the busier commutes 580, highway 4 typically slow out of concord or towards concord and east shore freeway. >>> warning going out this morning to the customers of a popular bookstore chain. if you have shopped at that chain recently we'll tell you why you want to check your credit statement or bank statement right away. >>> critical training for emergency responders. why a training exercise will start out looking like a rave today >>> best radar returns redwood city, palo alto woodside towards atherton where we are going to find ponding on the roadways 280 or 101 rainfall amounts coming down a quarter an inch hour if it stays over one area for 15 minutes to half an hour you are

drive time in the red now 37 minutes already from the carquinez bridge to the maze.s definitely heavier traffic than we typically see. usually about 20 minutes this time of the morning. westbound 580 also pretty slow and go leaving the altamont pass out towards the dublin interchange. traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the u.s. anti-doping agency says lance armstrong was the master mind of widespread doping and it has 11 former teammates of armstrong's to back up that claim. the seven-time tour de france champ had dared the agency to prove that he had cheated and now they claim that they have enough evidence to say armstrong was at the center of, quote, the most sophisticated doping program for professional cycling has ever seen. armstrong's lawyer calls the report a one-sided hatchet job. >>> some encouraging news about jobs this morning. here to talk about that jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com on a thursday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the big drop in jobless claims brings the level down to 33

and it's already backed up into the macarthur maze.d during the traffic cut you know during the early show and we'll let you know how far those delays continue. elsewhere westbound lanes of highway 4 watching this motorcycle accident. they did have to block all lanes temporarily for a while so they could clear the accident out of lanes. unfortunately, it is really jammed up all the way back into antioch. >> two viewers called in. they are bringing you a shovel. >> i never use a shovel. >> my husband's job. captions by: caption colorado comments@c

into the toll plaza from the maze.rom the nimitz or the east shore freeway is a ride--ec ride across the upn alert if they managed to get the line square in the next 20 minutes i don't see any ill effects from this crash. if it stays out there a while we will have problems. a van rolled over and was struck by another vehicle. and your no. bay ride 1 01 south down an easy trip through marin the murder of susie koe. the husband will be taken back to california as soon as possible he and his wife were found in the car that belongs to the murder victim. to india is not waiving extradition charges were filed against her in washington state. >> still ahead of the kron for morning news the deadly meningitis outbreak continues to spread we will have the numbers on that in a minute. >> we have a lot of shots it does not look it so foggy the temperature is 63 in walnut creek before high of 86. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only w

so towards the maze, you're going to see lots of delays.ws is once you get past all this mess across the upper deck of the bay bridge headed into san francisco off the skyway, traffic improves. it's clear as you work your way into the san francisco through there. no delays on the lower deck. to avoid traffic problems at the bay bridge, use bart. everything is on time. bart will be a great choice throughout the weekend to deal with all these great events that are happening here in san francisco. ace, muni, caltrain, ferry, all on time. we have an accident northbound 85 at highway 87 blocking lanes and causing a backup there as you work your way in that area. that's a look at traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 6:53. coming up, a final check of your top stories. >> but first, wait until you see what's happened to gas prices overnight. you might be a little shocked! ask me what it' when my tempur-pedic moves. [ male announcer ] why not talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of the most highly recommended bed in america? ask me

drive times leaving altamont pass highway 4 westbound and 80 east shore freeway into the macarthur maze. >>> sue hall caught a ball at the game yesterday. >> a foul ball, amazing. >> way to go. that -- next the industry on the rebound and thousands of jobs that are up for grabs. >>> protecting your children's online privacy. music giant that federal regulators say failed to do that and wait is going to cost. >>> move over amazon and voodoo taste are us wants to in-- toys "r" us wants to invite itself into your living room. >> reporter: record gas prices in california for this time of year pipeline closure and refinery problems sent prices up five cents in a day to an average of $4.2010 three. expected to keep claiming -- average of $4.23 expected to keep claiming. -- >> there's an offer for folks who say they will leave the country if their presidential candidate does not win. have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 408 and 669 area codes? no, what is it? starting october 20, 2012, if you have a 408 or 669 number, you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone numbe

but not in a bid jam in the maze but it is low.we zoom in a bit you can see we have slow traffic coming from highway 24. 24 is ok but 580 is heavy through downtown oakland. here is the big surprise i would jump over to marin county. iran is solid from 37 down to a central san rafeal. >> they cannot have our as an alternate. >> the richmond san rafeal bridge westbound is backed up from here because of the large parking lot. now there is extra ferries running out of blocks for. three of them this morning. you cannot get there that is the problem. because it is backing up on 2101 southbound taking that exit. the back of from here backed up all the way to san quentin to sir francis drake all the way to the bridge. >> off the bridge itself is backed up nearly to richmond. >> i am afraid to say thank god there are no accidents because i do not want an accident. we have not seen accidents these are just a giant hot spots. >> take a look at the rest of the ride a leading down to the golden gate bridge not so bad. the volume is up here but

then over on the east bay, we're be looking at the maze. as you approach towards the bay bridge, west 80, coming around the bend. there's the toll plaza. off 580, off 880, all travel moving smoothly. again if you're coming through the bart system, a great option, they can add trains for all these systems but they cannot add parking. get there early because of parking. >> already filling up. >> great advice, thank you very much. another vicious attack off the california coast. a dramatic rescue. a shark sinks its teeth right into a surfer's board and the surfer. we'll have that just ahead. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>> welcome back. hard to believe, look at the flooding. from hoboken new jersey this morn

well as you head out to the mcarthur maze. no problems getting into san francisco, again san francisco has been very crowded these days and we have oracle open world and just a lot of events coming up no doubt you heard about that, this traffic is san jose say looks okay, let's go to steve. >>> unbelievably big game for the a's. people are getting a little upset here on the coast. fog is out there, it is a west winds and that's the key and it has started. it is still rather mild, it is we have not seen any schooling yesterday. west at fairfield, that is the key if that gets over 15 or 20 we will let you know. dropping to montana or idaho, we will have some clouds on the weekend and it will be breezy and warm for sop. again the timing -- for some. again the timing, temperatures can drop 15 to 20-degrees by the coast. we will carry it to friday and it looks like a breezy and cool weekend, pam. >>> 4:51 helping oakland solve crimes. that allows them to tell police while still staying anonymous. how about that sound. the place in

we have an accident, actually two, if you're heading through the maze.ing up. >>> we have that live look overlooking san francisco. all painted in orange. not only for the giants but it is hall weep, don't forget. wednesday, october 31st. this is "today in the bay." >>> a good wednesday morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. the bay area decked out in orangened an black today. it is halloween. that's getting second billing today. >> the city is getting ready for this morning's giants victory parade. "today in the bay's" live in san francisco with a really great sneak preview of some amazing floats they had to put together so quickly, bob. >> yeah, with 60 hours notice. the man behind all these floats being set up now at spears and market. tells us he was told around game three, hey, we think we're going to win this, let's start getting a go on these. these floats are being pulled out right now. one of the challenges was getting that orange frilly stuff. they said they got the rest of it around 3:

it is getting more crowded as you head out to the mcarthur maze and get over to the bay bridge toll plaza. no major problems so far and it is getting more crowded at the bay bridge toll plaza as well. they are not filling up 0 but if you are driving 880 north and fremont, from traffic looks good on redwood city. >>> i was looking at sergio 79 degrees, mt. diablo, and black diamond minds, 89 degrees and there is a warm air cap on top of us. it will be close but not record- setting territory. napa was a cooker, 107, you might remember. san jose, 104 and set in 1952, they tied a record high yesterday at 90 degrees, so it will be close. they had a cool september and that is five degrees and there could be a splash and -- and there was a lot of rain 20 observed days in san francisco. that is way above average. fair weather friend will be our hot friend, 50s to 60s, already, that warm air is in place and there is a tiny sea breeze but end that sizes not -- emphasizes not much. record-setting territory, a cooling trend starts tomorrow and big tempertures by the upcoming weekend. upper 90l1sl0, s

macarthurd0qq4 maze back0 slowing as you approach the bay bridge not so bad right now.affic on the peninsula, earlier accident use it to get around the 9ers game traffic this afternoon. >>> thank you for join us -- for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >>> it is 49ers day. game is at 5, afte